Legal Opinion
Creech v. Thompson
Texas Supreme Court
Decided January 9, 1957No. A-5611PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion
ON REHEARING
2Opinion of the CourtJustice Garwood
By our original opinion delivered October 3rd, 1956, we affirmed the judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals, which in turn had reversed the trial court and rendered judgment for the respondent-defendant railroad on the ground that the verdict establishing a case of discovered peril was without support in the evidence. On rehearing we have concluded that this was error. Our original opinion is accordingly withdrawn and the following substituted therefor.
The petitioners (plaintiffs below) were the survivors and the workmen’s compensation insurer of Alvin Benton Creech, who, while an…
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